It’s been said time and time again that robots are going to take our jobs one day. In fact, I’ve typed that so many times at this point that I wish a robot writer could just take over and do it for me. (I’m only kidding, robot writers. I need this job to pay for things.) I’ve already written before about the different jobs that...

One of the biggest innovations of the past few years has definitely been robots. Taking over industries such as security, food service, and even babysitting, robots definitely look to shake up the status quo and replace a large number of occupations. However, there is still one job that robots have not taken over yet: ping-pong champion....

There has been news for years now about how someday soon robots will begin taking over everyday occupations, destroying our economy and leaving humans without a sense of purpose. Well, I’m here to ease your worries by introducing you to the many robots that will soon be taking over everyday occupations, destroying our economy and...

It’s a few weeks before Halloween, and while everyone else may be hopping on the pumpkin spice and Hocus Pocus train, I’ve got my beady little eye trained on those creepy Halloween animatronics at the Home Depot. After years of exposure, the props may seem a bit juvenile. Fools, like me, however, always seem fall for them anyway. The...

Which animal would win in a fight? A lion or a tiger? Did you ever wonder if the polar bear would kill a walrus, or the other way around? Well, there may be answers to these hypothetical battles by looking back at the Animal Planet TV show, Animal Face-Off. The show used CGI animation and robotic animals models to portray hypothetical...

It may be a surprise for music fans who enjoy the predominantly human profession of singing and instrumentation to discover the very real surge in robotic performers. Partially-automated music-making machines have been around for years. A few examples are Ray Kurzweil’s pattern recognition software and Martin Molin’s incredible...